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    Dubhe /ˈdʌbiː/, also called Alpha Ursae Majoris, Latinised from α Ursae Majoris, is, despite being designated "α" (alpha), the second-brightest object...
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    configuration mimics the shape of the "Little Dipper". Two of its stars, named Dubhe and Merak (α Ursae Majoris and β Ursae Majoris), can be used as the navigational...
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    imaginary line through the front two stars of the asterism, Merak (β) and Dubhe (α). This makes it useful in celestial navigation. The constellation of...
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  • found by imagining a line from Merak (β) to Dubhe (α) and then extending it for five times the distance after Dubhe (α) to Polaris (α Ursae Minoris)....
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  • creatures from Norse mythology and named after the stars of Ursa Major. Dubhe Alpha Siegfried (α星ドゥベのジークフリート, Arufa-sei Dube no Jīkufurīto) Voiced by:...
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    Pont (TB-7, DD-152/AG-80, DD-941) USS Duane (AGC-6/WPG-33/WHEC-33) USS Dubhe (ID-2562) USS Dubuque (AG-6/IX-9/PG-17, LPD-8) USS Duc de Lauzun (1782)...
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    in the constellation Ursa Major. The leading edge (defined by the stars Dubhe and Merak) is referenced to a clock face, and the true azimuth of Polaris...
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    galaxy is to be found approximately 10° northwest of Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe) along with several other galaxies in the Messier 81 Group. Its apparent...
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    imaginary straight line from this star through the nearby Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe) extends to Polaris, the north star. In 1943, β Ursae Majoris was listed...
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    move together, along with most of the other stars of the Big Dipper except Dubhe and Alkaid, as members of the Ursa Major Moving Group, a mostly dispersed...
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    Indian Name Bayer Designation Western Name Kratu α UMa Dubhe Pulaha β UMa Merak Pulastya γ UMa Phecda Atri δ UMa Megrez Angiras ε UMa Alioth Vasistha...
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  • and Beta Centauri, which point to the Southern Cross Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe) and Beta Ursae Majoris (Merak), which point to Polaris Pointer (wireless...
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    Sea Fleet Active 854 Sirius 天狼星 2015 6,600 t North Sea Fleet Active 855 Dubhe 天权星 2015 6,600 t East Sea Fleet Active 852 Neptune 海王星 2015 6,600 t South...
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    name of the star in the Big Dipper located furthest from the 'handle' - Dubhe. In Daoist tradition, Kui Xing is said to have been "bent and hunchbacked...
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    discovered in 1869 by Richard A. Proctor, who noticed that, except for Dubhe and Alkaid (Eta Ursae Majoris), the stars of the Big Dipper asterism all...
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    Chinese astronomy in the same order as with the Bayer designations, with Dubhe first in both cases. For example, Altair is named 河鼓二 in Chinese. 河鼓 is...
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    forming the bowl of the Big Dipper, together with Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe, upper-right), Beta Ursae Majoris (Merak, lower-right) and Delta Ursae Majoris...
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    after Arundhati, the wife of Vasishta ... today known by their Arabic names Dubhe (Kratu), Merak (Pulaha), Phekda (Pulastya), Megrez (Atri), Benetnash (Marichi)...
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    III Southern 33 1.77 Alioth ε UMa 0083 A1 III-IVp kB9 Northern 34 1.79 Dubhe α UMa 0120 K0 III, F0 V Northern 35 1.80 Mirfak α Per 0510 F5 Ib Northern...
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  • dwarf companion?; α² CVn variable Dubhe α 50 95689 54061 11h 03m 43.84s +61° 45′ 04.0″ 1.79 −1.08 124 K0III + F0V Dubhe, Dubh, Dubb, Thahr al Dub al Akbar...
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  • escaping the subway, they come in contact with a non-demon creature labeled as Dubhe which kills humans. As they manage to defeat it with their demons, the group...
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    Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-21. "Dubhe". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-21...
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  • // Scorpius δ Scorpii A Dschubba /ˈdʒʌbə/ Ursa Major α Ursae Majoris A Dubhe Member of the Big Dipper or the Plough (UK). /ˈdʌbiː/ Draco ψ1 Draconis...
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    after Arundhati, the wife of Vasishta ... today known by their Arabic names Dubhe (Kratu), Merak (Pulaha), Phekda (Pulastya), Megrez (Atri), Benetnash (Marichi)...
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    and Alioth; while the four stars of the bowl, Megrez, Phecda, Merak, and Dubhe, are the bier. It is known as Běidǒuqī (北斗七 - the Seventh Star of the Northern...
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  • Hokushin-Tenkun mark of Dubhe, Tonrō (貪狼), on his left shoulder which means that he is the incarnation of the war and celestial god dubhe. A general of the...
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  • Small Siegfried, a character in the Soulcalibur series of fighting games Dubhe Alpha Siegfried, Saint Seiya anime series character Siegfried Kircheis,...
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    red giant to the Earth, and the fourth brightest star in the night sky. Dubhe (α Ursae Majoris A) 17.03±0.13 AD Thirty-fourth brightest star in the sky...
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    Dschubba al-Jab'hah the Forehead (of the scorpion) الجبهة Delta Scorpii Dubhe Kāhil ud-Dubb (the back of) the Bear كاهل الدّب Alpha Ursae Majoris Dziban...
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  • Seven warriors are granted these sacred Robes: Siegfried is granted the Dubhe God Robe Robe of the Alpha star, Hägen is granted the Merak God Robe of...
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